Candy-packing machine.



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Specification of Letters Eatent.

Application tiled November 25, 193.2. Serial No. 733,264.

To all 'whom it may C02/wem:

' Be it known that I, Finwrlvv A.. WASSERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county oi San Francisco and State of Qalifornia, have invented a new and useful Candy-Packing Machine, of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and1 use the same.

This invention relates to a machine for packing candy or other objects'in boxes and it is designed to provide means whereby a supply of various kinds of the objects to be placed in the boxes can be brought to the hand of the operator and there placed one or two at a time in the receptacle therefor.

lit will be understood by those skilled in the art that in candy stores it is necessary to provid\J packages of mixed candies, each package containing a considerable number of kinds of candy, and the careful salesman attempts to have each package substantially like all other packages of a particular kind with respect to the number of kinds of candies placed therein. This necessitates placing the candies in a series of boxes one at a time or two at a time as the case may be, after which other supplies must be taken from.` another source and placed in the packages one at a time, thisoperation being carried out until the entire series of boxes has been filled.

`With the present machine two endless car riers are provided, one of which has a plurality of carriers for the candy receptacles and the other of: which has a plurality of carriers for the candy supply boxes.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the supply of candies will be placed conveniently at the hand of the operator in order to make it possible for; the operator to more rapidly till the receptacles which are to cont-ain the assorted miX- ture.

A further obj ect ot the invention is to provide means whereby the candy supply box .may be shifted from time to time as may be required.

In the drawings in which the same numeral of reference is applied to the same portion throughout the several views, Figure. 1 is a side elevation of the complete machine, a portion of the dress guard in front of thef same 'being broken away for purposes ofi illustration, F ig. 2 is a plan View of the complete machine, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3--3 Fig. 1 looking` in `the direction of the arrow` Fig. t is a plan view of one of the box carriers showing one of the candy boxes placed therein, Fig. 5 is a sectional View of'one of the box carriers showing a candy box placed therein, Fig. 6 is a plan View of the clutch for operating the supply carrier, and Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional View of one of' the box carriers showing the manner of securing the box therein and holding the loose ends of the lining down while the box is being lled.

The numeral l is applied to each of four suitable uprights. The uprights are connected in pairs by means of three horizontal members 2, 3 and 4. The upper horizontal members 2 support two tracks 5, while the horizontal members 3 support two tracks 6 and two tracks 7, one of the latter tracks being bowed upwardly as indicated at 8 while the other is dropped down as indicated at 9. The horizontal members l support two tracks 10. The tracks 5, 6, 7 and 10 are all formed of angle iron in order to atlordf a proper support for the wheel carriers in their travel from one end of the machine to the other,- Asaid tracks also preventing the carriers lfrom moving cndwise or from getting out of the proper position to receive the materials to be placed therein.

At each end of the machine there are two A frames 13 and 11i and two smaller A frames 15 and 16. Each of the A 'frames 13 and 14: supports a shaft 17 and each of these shafts is provided with two large sprocket wheels 18, chains 19 passing over these sprocket wheels, and. pivotally connected to the chains are a plurality of package carriers 20, each of which package carriers has four wheels 21, which whe-els contact with the tracks 5 when the chain is upon its upper run and with the tracks 6 when the chain is upon its lower run.

The wheels are'for the purpose of reducingJ the friction of the carriers with the tracks and for the purpose of preventing the carriers from being tuined sidewise or upset as the chain moves them along.

One of the fra-nies 14: and the frame 15 support a shaft and the other frame 14 and frame 16 support a shaft 24, which extends to a support 25 carried bv the adjacent frame 13. rEhe shafts 23 and 24: each suplPatented Nov. 111, 1913.

port tWo large sprocket wheels 26. Passing over the sprocket wheels 26 are two chains 27 and 28. These chains have a plurality of carriers 29 pivotally supported thereby, and each carrier is provided with four wheels 30. The carriers 20 and 29 are all of substantially the same character, except that the latter are much larger in size than the former carriers and they are all supported by means of short pins 31 and 32 at the ends thereof. The chains 27 have the links thereof loosely connected together so that as the carriers move along the top run of the chains, one side' tilts up while the other side drops down, thus presenting the carrier to the operator in an inclined position and this making it possible to remove objects from the boxes 33 more readilv than if said boxes were in a horizontal position.

Adjacent one of the posts 1 there is a support 35 which forms with the post 1 a bearing for the shaft 36, while adjacent the adjoining A frame there is a support 37 which with the adjacent A frame 13 forms the bearing for the shaft 38.

The shaft 24 is provided with a sprocket wheel 39 and the shaft 17 is provided with a sprocket wheel 40. Passingover the sprocket wheel 40 and on 'each side ofthe sprocket wheel 391s a chain 41, said chain passing under a small sprocket wheel on the shaft 38. The shaft 38 is also provided with a large band pulley 42 while the shaft 36 is rovided with a small band pulley 43 and with a large pulley 44.

An electric motor is `shown at M, from Whicha belt 45 passes over the pulley 44, while a belt 46 passes over the pulley 43 and larger pulley 42, thus driving the upper belt continuously whenever the switch 47 is closed, a cable 48 leading to the motor.

The side of the sprocket wheel 39 carries a clutch cup 49 and the shaft 24 has a slidable clutch cone 50, which is adapted to move into 'engagement with the clutch cup 49 by means of the lever 51. This lever is pivoted at 52 underneath one of the horizontal supports 3 and the end of the lever extends to a position immediately below the switch 47 in order to be'within convenient reach of the operator.

' In order to insure the protection of the operator from the mov-ing parts of the machine, a shield 53 extends in front of and under the low run of the upper carrier and in front of the lower run of the chains 27.

The boxes 33 containing the stock are placed in the carriers and the latter are pivotally connected with the chains 27, While the small candy boxes to be filled with an assorted mixture are placed in the carriers 20. These candy boxes are indicated at 54 and they are each provided with a lining of paraiiin paper 55, whichpapcr 'per runto the lower 56 which drops down over the top of the candy boxes.

In use the operator sits in front of the machine adjacent the switch 47 and places objects oneor two at a time in the receptacles supported by the small carriers. The stock is 'taken from one of the boxes 33 supported in the large carriers. As soon as the small carriers have made one round tri the lever 51 may be pushed inwardly and the chains 27 move along one carrier, whereupon a fresn box of stock will be placed in position to be drawn from and the operator begins to place the candies carried by the fresh box in the small receptacles, these candies being placed one or two at a time, as desired. The carriers 20 are kept in motion until the operator has filled the box supported thereby with as many kinds of cand as is desired or by the box 33, after whichy the entire series of boxes in the carriers 20 may be removed and fresh boxes substituted therefor.

It will be observed that the carriers 20 and 29 are all pivotally supported along an axis above their center of gravity so that they always remain horizontal even when changing their position from the uprun, thus Aretaining their contents at all times.

Having thus describfl my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. The combination of a frame, a pair of endless carriers supported thereby, receptacles suspended from the carriers, and means to move a series of other receptacles into a position adjacent the side of the first carriers and receptacles, as set forth.

2. The combination of a frame,a pair of carriers supported thereby, receptacles 'suspended from the carriers, a second set of carriers adjacent the first carriers, receptacles suspended from said second carriers, and means to tilt the second receptacles into an inclined position adjacent one of the runs Aof the first carriers, as set forth.

3. The combination ofa frame, carriers supported thereby, receptacles suspended from the carriers, a second set of carriers adjacent the lower run of the first carriers, receptacles suspended from the second carriers, and means whereby one of said second carriers and one end of certain of the receptacles suspended therefrom are raised to incline the receptacles, as set forth.

4. The combination of a frame, carriers supported thereby, receptacles suspended therefrom, a second set of carriers adjacent the lower run of the first carriers, recclitacles, suspended from the second carriers, means to incline the receptacles lwhen on the upper 1912, in the presence of the two` subscribed film of their carriers, and rfneans to control. Witnesses. f t e two sets of carriers rom a osition T Y' near the middle of the lower run of ltjhev first- EDWN A WASSERMAB' 5 set of carriers, as set forth. Witnesses:

In testimony whereof:l I have hereunto set C. C. JESSEN, my hand this 13 day of November, A. D. C. P. GRIFFIN. 

